Colloidal Silver 20ppm

Colloidal Silver Disinfectant.

Many studies suggest that it can be effective against a wide range of pathogens, including bacteria, viruses, and fungi (See Below).

Many people claim colloidal silver helps support their immune health, fight off pesky germs, and keeps them feeling tip-top. We at crapfree produce and sell colloidal silver strictly as a disinfectant only and so cannot advise internal use of colloidal silver and customers do so at their own risk.

Colloidal silver has garnered attention in the realm of alternative health and wellness. It's basically tiny silver particles suspended in a pure distilled water, and it's been used for ages for its supposed health benefits. Parts Per Million (ppm) is a fancy term for saying how much of something is in a solution. In the case of crapfree colloidal silver it’s 20ppm, it means there are 20 parts of silver for every million parts of the liquid. It's like finding a few silver coins in a sea of water.

Silver as a disinfectant studies and further authoritative information:

Section 3.4 of UK guidance “MSN 1845 (M) Amendment 2 Food and catering, provision of food and fresh water" states:

"3.4 Electro-silver ionisation Electro-silver ionisation may be used for the automatic disinfection of fresh water produced on board ships. Units should be set up by the manufacturer to ensure a minimum concentration of 0.1ppm to be added to the water under maximum flow conditions. The minimum time required for the silver to take effect is four hours after passing through the unit. This should ensure a maximum 0.08ppm in the system".

A 2007 study titled “Silver as a disinfectant” concluded that:

“Both the EPA and the WHO regard silver as safe for human consumption. It does not pose a risk to human health (World Health Organization 1996) and, in contrast to numerous other commonly utilized disinfectants, is not considered a hazardous substance (Ibarluzea et al. 1998; Kim et al. 2002; World Health Organization 1996). Silver inactivates a wide variety of microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, and protozoa, alone or in combination with other disinfectants (Cassells et al. 1995; Davis and Etris 1997; Inoue et al. 2002), although this effect is not instantaneous”. And

“Silver has been used as an antimicrobial for thousands of years. Over the past several decades, it has been introduced into numerous new venues such as in the treatment of water, in dietary supplements, in medical applications, and to produce antimicrobial coatings and products. Silver is often used as an alternative disinfectant in applications in which the use of traditional disinfectants such as chlorine may result in the formation of toxic by-products or cause corrosion of surfaces. Silver has also been demonstrated to produce a synergistic effect in combination with several other disinfectants”.

A 1994 Pubmed article by the School of Chemistry and Applied Chemistry, University of Wales College of Cardiff titles "Antibacterial Silver" states that:

“Despite these problems and its relatively high cost, silver is still an attractive option for water sterilization since it is active at low concentrations for long periods, is odourless and of extremely low toxicity to humans. Various methods have been used to introduce silver ions into the water, including direct addition of soluble silver salts, inorganic composites and electrical methods such as "Electro-Katadyn". Popular applications are to drinking water and swimming pools, although Mailman concluded that Electm-Katadyn was not an appropriate treatment since the total bacterial counts were too high, despite finding that the numbers of E. coil were reduced sufficiently and the remaining bacteda were not pathogenic. Silver is still promoted as a swimming pool disinfectant. A recent suggestion is to combine electrolytically generated copper and silver with a chlorine treatment, thereby reducing the concentration of irritating chlorine which needs to be used”.

For more information on the potential benefits and uses of colloidal silver, read our "Benefits and Uses of Colloidal Silver" blog.

50 & 100ml glass bottle, 20ppm, Glass Pipette or plastic sprayer.